19958 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 76 / Friday, April 20, 2007 / Notices 

No warranty of any kind, express or 

implied, is given by the United States as 

to the title, physical condition or 

potential uses of the parcels of land 

proposed for sale, and the conveyance 

of any such parcels will not be on a 

contingency basis. It is the buyer’s 

responsibility to be aware of all 

applicable local government policies 

and regulations that would affect the 

subject lands. It is also the buyer’s 

responsibility to be aware of existing or 

prospective uses of nearby properties. 

Any land lacking access from a public 

road or highway will be conveyed as 

such, and future access acquisition will 

be the responsibility of the buyer. 

The mineral interests have been 

determined to have no known mineral 

value pursuant to 43 CFR 2720.2(a) and 

will be conveyed simultaneously with 

the sale of the land. Acceptance of a sale 

offer will constitute an application for 

conveyance of the mineral interests, and 

the purchaser will be required to pay a 

$50 non-refundable filing fee for 

conveyance of the mineral interests. 

Upon publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, the land described 

above will be segregated from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the general mining laws. 

The segregation will end upon issuance 

of patent or 2 years from the date of 

publication, whichever occurs first. This 

segregation supersedes segregation of 

the lands under exchange application 

UTU–80475 which will terminate on the 

subject lands upon publication of this 

Notice in the Federal Register. 

Detailed information concerning this 

land sale, including the reservations, 

sale procedures and conditions, 

appraisal, planning and environmental 

documents, and mineral report, is 

available for review at the BLM Moab 

Field Office. 

Written comments must be received 

by the Moab Field Manager, at the 

address stated above, on or before the 

date stated above. Facsimiles, telephone 

calls, and e-mails are unacceptable 

means of notification. Comments 

including names and street addresses of 

respondents will be available for public 

review at the BLM Moab Field Office 

during regular business hours, except 

holidays. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information-may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. Any adverse comments will be 

reviewed by the BLM Utah State 

Director, who may sustain, vacate or 

modify this realty action. In the absence 

of any objections, or adverse comments, 

the proposed realty action will become 

the final determination of the 

Department of the Interior. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2(a)) 

Dated: January 19, 2007. 

Margaret Wyatt, 

Moab Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–7531 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–100–1220–AF] 

Notice of Camping Limits on Public 

Lands in Montana, South Dakota & 

North Dakota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice consolidates and 

clarifies current stay limits on 

occupancy and/or property on public 

lands managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) in Montana, North 

Dakota and South Dakota. Existing 

limits vary among field offices and 

states. This notice will establish stay 

limits on all public lands managed by 

the BLM as required by 43 CFR 8365 1–

2. The proposed stay limits are 

necessary to protect the natural 

resources, provide public health, and to 

provide orderly, equal and consistent 

use for the public. These proposed stay 

limits will supersede all existing 

camping stay limits for BLM 

administered public lands in Montana, 

North Dakota & South Dakota published 

previously. 

DATES: You should submit your 

comments within 30 days from the date 

of publication. In developing final rules, 

BLM may not consider comments 

postmarked or received in person or by 

electronic mail after this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail or deliver 

comments on the proposed Notice to 

Bart Fitzgerald, Special Agent in Charge, 

Bureau of Land Management, Montana 

State Office, and 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings MT 59101. You may also 

comment by internet e-mail at the 

following address: 

MT_Billings_SO@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bart 

Fitzgerald, Special Agent in Charge, 

Montana BLM State Office, 5001 

Southgate Drive, Billings Montana 

59101, (406) 896–5010. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Public Comment Procedures 

Your comments on the proposed 

notice should be specific, should be 

confined to issues pertinent to the 

proposed supplementary rules, and 

should explain the reason for any 

recommended change or deviation from 

this proposal. Where possible, your 

comments should reference the specific 

section or paragraph of the proposal that 

you are addressing. BLM may not 

necessarily consider or include in the 

Administrative Record for the final 

comments that BLM receives after the 

close of the comment period (see DATES) 

or comments delivered to an address 

other than those listed above (see 

ADDRESSES). 

The BLM will make your comments, 

including your name and address, 

available for public review at the 

Montana State Office address listed in 

ADDRESSES above during regular 

business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, accept Federal 

holidays). Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

The notice will apply to the public 

lands within the States of Montana, 

North Dakota and South Dakota. The 

significant change would be a limit of 

14 days within a 30 day period as 

opposed to the existing 28 day period. 

This reflects recent changes made by 

other land management agencies and 

prevents 2 parties from occupying the 

same site indefinitely by simply moving 

every 14 days. 

The proposed camping limits are 

being established in order to protect 

natural resources on public lands and 

provide fair and consistent use for all 

public land users. The action will 

prevent situations where users on 

public land occupy a site for long 

periods of time. Long tenure 

occupancies can result in negative 

impacts to the surrounding area such as: 

vegetation damage, erosion, and 

sanitation problems. Long tenure 

occupancies prevent other public land 

users from using popular sites and can 

promote abandonment of personal 

property. BLM’s objective is to provide 

a quality recreation experience for all 

users with minimal conflict, to maintain 


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an environment that is clean and 

healthy, and to reduce damage on the 

public lands and resources. In some 

specific areas that receive heavy use, 

BLM may develop, by Supplemental 

Rules, stay limits that vary from this 

notice. Those areas will be posted on 

site. 

Definitions 

Camping: The erecting of a tent or 

shelter, preparing a sleeping bag or 

other bedding material for use, parking 

of a motor vehicle, motor home or 

trailer, or mooring of a vessel for the 

apparent purpose of overnight 

occupancy. 

Occupancy: Full or part-time 

residence on public lands. It also means 

activities that involve residence; the 

construction, presence, or maintenance 

of temporary or permanent structures 

that may be used for such purposes; or 

the use of a watchman or caretaker for 

the purpose of monitoring activities. 

Residence or structures include, but are 

not limited to, barriers to access, fences, 

tents, motor homes, trailers, cabins, 

houses, buildings, and storage of 

equipment or supplies. 

You must follow these rules: In the 

absence of any site specific regulations 

or local supplemental rules, no person 

or associations of persons may occupy, 

camp or leave property or motor 

vehicles on public lands for more than 

14 days within any period of 30 

consecutive days. The 14-day limit may 

be reached either through a number of 

individual visits or through 14-days of 

continuous occupation during the 30- 

day interval. It is also prohibited to 

leave any personal property, whether 

attended or unattended, beyond the 14- 

day period. All personal property and 

refuse must be removed within the 30- 

day interval, even if the use of or actual 

camping at the site has ceased. A 30-day 

interval begins when a person initially 

occupies camps or leaves property at a 

site on public lands. Any camp 

relocation within the 30-day period 

shall not be within a 5 mile radius from 

the original site. 

Under special circumstances and 

upon request, the authorized officer may 

issue written permits for extension of 

the 14-day limit. 

Penalties 

On all public lands, under Section 

303(a) of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1733(a) and 43 CFR 8360.0–7, any 

person who violates any of these 

supplementary rules, closures or 

restrictions within the boundaries 

established in the rules may be tried 

before a United States Magistrate and 

fined no more than $1,000 or 

imprisoned for no more than 12 months, 

or both. Such violations may also be 

subject to the enhanced fines provided 

for by 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

On public lands within grazing 

districts (43 U.S.C. 315) and grazing 

leased lands (43 U.S.C. 315m), under 

the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315(a), 

any person who violates any of these 

supplementary rules within the 

boundaries established in the rules may 

be tried before a United States 

Magistrate and fined no more than 

$500.00. Such violations may also be 

subject to the enhanced fines provided 

for by 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

On public lands fitting the criteria in 

the Sikes Act, 16 U.S.C. 670j(a)(2), any 

person who violates any of these 

supplementary rules within the 

boundaries established in the rules may 

be tried before a United States 

Magistrate and fined no more than $500 

or imprisoned for no more than six 

months, or both. Such violations may 

also be subject to the enhanced fines 

provided for by 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

On public lands within Wild and 

Scenic River corridors (43 CFR 8351.2–

1) any person who violates any of these 

supplementary rules within the 

boundaries established in the rules may 

be tried before a United States 

Magistrate and fined no more than $500 

or imprisoned for no more than six 

months, or both. Such violations may 

also be subject to the enhanced fines 

provided for by 18 U.S.C. 3571. 

Martin C. Ott, 

Montana/Dakotas State Director, Bureau of 

Land Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–7265 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[FES 07–05] 

Upper Rio Grande Basin Water 

Operations Review 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Upper Rio Grande Basin Water 

Operations Review. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (as 

amended), the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), with and on behalf of 

other joint-lead agencies [U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (Corps), Department 

of Defense; and the New Mexico 

Interstate Stream Commission 

(Commission), State of New Mexico], 

has prepared and made available to the 

public a final environmental impact 

statement (FEIS) to assess the 

consequences of proposed changes to 

water operations in the Rio Grande 

basin above Fort Quitman, Texas. The 

FEIS is programmatic and is not 

intended to authorize specific projects 

in the upper Rio Grande system. It is 

anticipated that a plan for water 

operations at existing Reclamation and 

Corps facilities will be developed. 

The FEIS presents alternatives with 

respect to water operations and 

evaluates the potential effects of each 

alternative on environmental, 

hydrologic, cultural, and socioeconomic 

resources, and Indian Trust Assets, 

including any potential 

disproportionate effects on minority or 

low income communities 

(environmental justice). The FEIS also 

evaluates the effects of alternatives on 

the State of New Mexico’s ability to 

meet its obligations associated with the 

Rio Grande Compact. Some of the 

alternatives considered include 

changing the channel capacity criteria at 

Albuquerque, storage or non-storage of 

Rio Grande water in authorized San 

Juan-Chama space in Abiquiu Reservoir, 

and possible future resumption of 

operations of the currently unfunctional 

Low Flow Conveyance Channel. 

A draft environmental impact 

statement (DEIS) was filed with the 

Environmental Protection Agency on 

January 20, 2006, and a Notice of 

Availability for the DEIS was published 

in the Federal Register on that same 

date. The original 60-day review and 

comment period for the DEIS was 

extended an additional 30 days to April 

20, 2006, with publication of a Notice of 

Extension in the Federal Register on 

March 24, 2006. During the comment 

period, one public meeting was held in 

Colorado, one public meeting was held 

in Texas, and six public meetings were 

held in New Mexico. All comments 

received on the DEIS were carefully 

reviewed and considered in preparing 

the FEIS. Where appropriate, revisions 

were made to the document in response 

to specific comments. The comments 

and responses, together with the FEIS, 

will be considered in determining 

whether or not to implement the 

proposed action. 

ADDRESSES: The FEIS is electronically 

available for viewing and copying at the 

Corps’ Albuquerque District Web site at: 

http://www.spa.usace.army.mil/ 

urgwops/default.asp. Alternatively, a 

compact disc or hard copy is available 

upon written request to Ms. Valda 


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